Top Gear of the Pops

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Top Gear of the Pops
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The Top Gear of the Pops logo
Genre Motoring, Music
Presenter(s) Jeremy Clarkson
Richard Hammond
James May
Country of origin Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom
No. of episodes 1
Production
Running time 35 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC Two
Picture format 720x576, anamorphic 16:9
Original run March 16th 2007 – One-off –
Chronology
Related shows Top of the Pops, Top Gear
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Top Gear of the Pops was a one-off special of Top Gear, broadcast in the evening on March 16, 2007. It was shown as part of the Comic Relief 2007 appeal, mixing the usual elements of Top Gear with Top of the Pops, the music chart show that was cancelled in 2006.

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[edit] Bands that performed

[edit] Lethal Bizzle

Presenter Jeremy Clarkson cut Lethal Bizzle's song short by unplugging him mid-performance. Clarkson also dubbed Lethal Bizzle "Jizzy Tissue".

[edit] Travis

Travis were the only band that delivered a regular and incident-free performance.

[edit] Supergrass

Supergrass performed with comedian Adrian Edmondson on guitar. Supergrass were made to put up with loopy "special effects" administered by the Top Gear presenters: live birds in front of and on the stage, excessive dry ice artificial fog, and finally strong winds from a wind machine. This led to a number of complaints by viewers who were concerned about the birds' welfare.[1] Coincidentally, drummer Danny Goffey's father, Chris Goffey, used to present Top Gear, a fact pointed out during the show.

[edit] McFly

UK boy band McFly, who during the show had to write and perform a song which contained the three specific words: "sofa", "Hyundai" and "administration", and did not include the words 'love', 'baby' or 'heart'.

[edit] The Top Gear band

The "Top Gear band" consisted of the three presenters (none of whom are professional musicians) accompanied by former The Darkness front man Justin Hawkins.

[edit] Top Gear band line-up

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/news/2007/03/20/41776.shtml

[edit] Links

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